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Posts tagged with 'transportation' and 'nyc' at MetaFilter.Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:40:17 -0800Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:40:17 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Hey, Taxi!http://www.metafilter.com/140911/Hey%2DTaxi
<a href="http://nyctaxi.herokuapp.com/">NYC Taxis: A Day in the Life - A Data Visualization</a> displays the data for one random NYC yellow taxi on a single day in 2013. See where it operated, how much money it made, and how busy it was over 24 hours. Asterisks:
Trip Routes are a result of passing the start and end locations to the Google Directions API. They are a possible route that the taxi took, but should not be assumed to be accurate.
Empty Taxis also follow the "best route" between a dropoff and the next pickup. Just as with the trips, this is just an effective way to move the marker around, but doesn't reflect the reality of where the taxi traveled.
Tips are only reported in the data for credit card transactions. Cash tips are not included. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140911Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:40:17 -0800roomthreeseventeenEveryone tries to do a pull up, everyone.http://www.metafilter.com/138685/Everyone%2Dtries%2Dto%2Ddo%2Da%2Dpull%2Dup%2Deveryone
<a href="http://www.theawl.com/2014/04/subway-bliss">Video proof that being all alone in a subway car causes madness in passengers</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.138685Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:09:41 -0800The WhelkSuggestions for Improving the NYC Subway Systemhttp://www.metafilter.com/130547/Suggestions%2Dfor%2DImproving%2Dthe%2DNYC%2DSubway%2DSystem
NY Magazine picks the <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/08/100-ways-improve-the-subway-best-of.html">22 Ingenious Ways to Improve the Subway</a> from <a href="http://improvesubway.tumblr.com/">this tumblr list</a> (some more practical than others). tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130547Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:07:52 -0800beisnyThere's nothing negative I can say about the transit system.http://www.metafilter.com/130073/Theres%2Dnothing%2Dnegative%2DI%2Dcan%2Dsay%2Dabout%2Dthe%2Dtransit%2Dsystem
Darius McCollum was recently arrested in New York for stealing a Trailways bus. Evidently he drove the bus to a Manhattan hotel where he picked up a flight crew and drove them to JFK Airport. On the way back to a New Jersey bus depot, he was pulled over by the cops. This wasn't the first time Mr. McCollum was arrested while (unlawfully) transporting the public. In fact, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323394504578609752550093808.html">it was the 29th time</a>. From the article, evocatively titled "Jailed Many Times for Love of New York City's Transit System":
<blockquote>He first drew notice in 1981, when as a 15-year-old he operated an E train six stops from 34th Street to the World Trade Center without the conductor or passengers reporting anything amiss.
His lawyer, Sally Butler, said Mr. McCollum's well-chronicled acts were a result of uncontrollable impulses attributable to what is commonly referred to as Asperger's syndrome, which mental-health authorities now call autism-spectrum disorder.</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130073Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:53:12 -0800mark7570Time Square Still Hell On Earthhttp://www.metafilter.com/126924/Time%2DSquare%2DStill%2DHell%2DOn%2DEarth
<a href="http://gothamist.com/2013/04/10/interactive_charts_and_facts_about.php">So, which are the most used subway stops/lines in New York City anyway?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.126924Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:28:51 -0800The WhelkWhenever there's trouble, they're there on the double.http://www.metafilter.com/123394/Whenever%2Dtheres%2Dtrouble%2Dtheyre%2Dthere%2Don%2Dthe%2Ddouble
"On a good day, the street maintenance team tasked by the New York City Department of Transportation with roadway repair might fill 4,000 potholes in eight hours. In an average week, they could resurface 100,000 square yards of road. After Hurricane Sandy, their crews removed 2,500 tons of debris. And every day, on a Tumblr called <a href="http://thedailypothole.tumblr.com/">The Daily Pothole</a>, New Yorkers can take a peek inside the workings of a city system few have likely thought about." Storyboard: <a href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/39473008364/a-day-with-new-york-citys-pothole-repair-crew#a-day-with-new-york-citys-pothole-repair-crew">A Day with New York City’s Pothole Repair Crew.</a> <i><blockquote>"One of the most popular online inventions of New York City’s government is The Daily Pothole, a blog that tracks, in gravelly detail, the milling and paving of street cavities from Midwood to Midtown. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/nyregion/new-yorks-chief-digital-officer-seeks-to-connect-the-city-and-the-public.html?_r=0">It is eye candy for the asphalt-obsessed: panoramic photos accompanied by comic captions (“Bump!” “Sneak Attack!”) and a goggle-eyed mascot named Warmy, an asphalt plug, to boot.</a>"</blockquote></i> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123394Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:20:51 -0800zarqThe NYDOT Presents: Curbside Haikuhttp://www.metafilter.com/109941/The%2DNYDOT%2DPresents%2DCurbside%2DHaiku
<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/nyc_department_of_transportation_presents_curbside_haiku_21235.asp">Safety Warning Signs</a><br>
<a href="http://safestreetsfund.org/510/curbside-haiku/">Sprout From NYC Street Poles</a><br>
<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/seventeen-syllable-safety-warning-signs/">It's Curbside Haiku!</a><br> The artist: <a href="http://stardogstudio.com/index.html">John Morse</a>.
His last project was <a href="http://stardogstudio.com/roadside_haiku.html">Roadside
Haiku</a>: Atlanta.
Readers offer take
in Times' blog entry <a href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/seventeen-syllable-safety-warning-signs/?sort=oldest">comments</a>.
Make for fun reading. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109941Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:42:24 -0800zarqCommuting To 30 Rockhttp://www.metafilter.com/91947/Commuting%2DTo%2D30%2DRock
<a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/37148528#37148528">The 11th annual NYC Commuter Race</a> -- starring Al Roker on a bike, Meredith Vieira in a car, and Matt Lauer taking mass transit, each traveling from 72nd and Broadway to 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The event (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72236/The-Amazing-Race">previously on MeFi</a>) is organized by <a href="http://www.transalt.org/">Transportation Alternatives</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.91947Fri, 14 May 2010 09:16:32 -0800hermitosisThey say the neon lights are bright on Broadway...http://www.metafilter.com/81987/They%2Dsay%2Dthe%2Dneon%2Dlights%2Dare%2Dbright%2Don%2DBroadway
On Sunday New York City closed two of the busiest sections of perhaps the most famous street in the U.S. to traffic and created pedestrian plazas in the "Crossroads of the World" (and also in Herald Square) [<a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/20/nyregion/20closings.map.jpg">brief plan</a> / <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/broadway.shtml">NYCDOT detailed plan</a>]. Spearheaded by Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (featured in an <a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/56794/">excellent New York Magazine article</a>) and the Bloomberg Administration as part of the "Green Light for Midtown" program, the pedestrian malls are ostensibly a pilot program to determine the feasibility of permanent conversion later this year, with the stated goal of <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/greenlight_tlc.pdf">increasing traffic flow through midtown </a>(warning PDF).
Criticism from motorists, especially taxi drivers (<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05262009/news/regionalnews/drivers_furious_over_bway_blockade_at_ti_171042.htm">New York Post</a>), and for the quality of the chairs and planters used in the conversion aside (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/arts/design/26clos.html?ref=global-home">New York Times Architecture Review</a>), the urban plazas have received generally favorable reviews (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9_s3u4jtGU">New York Times YouTube channel</a>, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/05/26/2009-05-26_give_our_regards_to_broadway.html">NYDailyNews.com</a>, <a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/urbanite/blog/2009/05/broadway_closures_cause_some_b.html">AMNY</a>) and national attention. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81987Wed, 27 May 2009 16:18:32 -08002bucksplusSo you ditched your car - here's help with public transithttp://www.metafilter.com/75840/So%2Dyou%2Dditched%2Dyour%2Dcar%2Dheres%2Dhelp%2Dwith%2Dpublic%2Dtransit
<a href="http://www.nextbus.com">NextBus</a> uses GPS to tell you the predicted time of the next bus. Google maps show buses in real time, and you can get updates on your phone/PDA. The coverage is limited to certain agencies within the US, so these other sites might be useful: <a href="http://hopstop.com">Hopstop</a> covers subways and buses in NYC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, DC, and more. (<a href="http://hopstop.com/pda">mobile version</a>) <a href="http://www.google.com/transit">Google Transit</a> has many US metro areas in addition to Canada, Europe, and Japan. <small>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/70631">previously</a>)</small> Many more locations inside. Other trip planners (mostly mobile):<ul><li><a href="http://tripplanner.mta.info/mobile/">MTA (New York City)</a>
<li><a href="http://www.metro.net/default.asp">MTA (Los Angeles)</a>
<li><a href="http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage">Amtrak</a>
<li><a href="http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/www.njtransit.com/hp/hp_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=HomePageTo&un_jtt_redirect">New Jersey Transit</a>
<li><a href="http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/www.mbta.com">MBTA (Boston)</a><li><a href="http://www.wmata.com/tripplanner_d/tripplanner_form_solo.cfm">Washington DC Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</a><li><a href="http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/">Chicago Regional Transit Authority</a> (CTA, Metra) <li><a href="http://mobile.atltransit.com/">A Train</a> (Atlanta)<li><a href="http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/www.valleymetro.org">Valley Metro (Phoenix)</a>
<li><a href="http://tripplanner.transit.511.org">San Francisco Bay Area 511</a> (BART, Muni Metro, VTA Light Rail, Cable cars, Commuter Rail, buses, ferries) <li>Portland (<a href="http://maps.trimet.org/webtp/map.html">interactive map</a>; <a href="http://developer.trimet.org/index.shtml">roll your own app</a>)<li><a href="http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U">King County Metro Online </a>(Seattle) <li><a href="http://www.torontotripplanner.com/">Toronto </a>(TTC Buses and subways)<li><a href="http://tripplanning.translink.bc.ca/">Vancouver (BC) Translink</a><li><a href="http://www.navitia.com/planner/PlanStarter.aspx?RegionIndex=1">Paris </a>(RER, TGV, Metro, bus, more - in French)<li><a href="http://www.tubeplanner.com/">London Underground and DLR</a>
<li> <a href="http://jorudan.co.jp/english/">Norikae-Annei (Tokyo)</a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></li></li></li> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75840Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:58:07 -0800desjardinsEverybody loves a choo-choohttp://www.metafilter.com/72993/Everybody%2Dloves%2Da%2Dchoochoo
<a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/post-title/">The Boys and the Subway</a> A father's artistic account of his sons' love of the NYC subway system. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72993Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:52:27 -0800ThePinkSuperheroThe Amazing Racehttp://www.metafilter.com/72236/The%2DAmazing%2DRace
<a href="http://www.transalt.org/newsroom/media/2336">The Great NYC Commuter Race!</a> A short by <a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/">Streetfilms </a>about <a href="http://www.transalt.org/">Transportation Alternatives</a>' annual event that pits a cyclist against a car and a straphanger in a race to Union Square from Fort Greene. <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/05/29/cicylist_wins_r.php">Guess who wins?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72236Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:52:23 -0800[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]segway stock soars on late newshttp://www.metafilter.com/47741/segway%2Dstock%2Dsoars%2Don%2Dlate%2Dnews
<a href="http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/5532275/detail.html">So it actually happened.</a> Not going anywhere tomorrow? The last time the MTA went on strike in New York was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/12/14/nyregion/20051215_MAYOR_SLIDESHOW_1.html">1980</a>. This time, one would hope there are <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/transitinfo/html/home.shtml">plans already in place</a> to cope with what will no doubt be an awful morning for millions, though the information seems dated already. Perhaps ths might be a good opportunity to share any tips and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20051220_STRIKE_MAP.html">information about the situation</a>. [newsfilter, of course] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47741Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:51:17 -0800wakkoRegister that bicyclehttp://www.metafilter.com/37082/Register%2Dthat%2Dbicycle
<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-bike1118,0,2976740.story?coll=ny-nynews-headlines"><b>No bicycling in NYC without a license?</b></a> That's right, a new law -- apparently the first of its kind in the nation -- proposed this week by bike-bashing Bronx Councilwoman Madeline Provenzano, will carry serious fines and even jail sentences for violators who ride unregistered bicycles on city streets. And yes, there will be a $25 per bike registration fee. Way to encourage alternative transport in this crowded, congested, polluted town. What next? Licenses for rollerblades, skateboards, wheelchairs? How about my <i>running shoes</i> -- during peak traffic they're faster and more hazardous to fellow city dwellers than my beat up old Trek, any day. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37082Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:54:52 -0800jellybuzzNycRoads.Comhttp://www.metafilter.com/26413/NycRoadsCom
<a href="http://www.nycroads.com">NYCRoads.com</a> is an exhaustive history of the expressways, parkways, and river crossings that shaped metro New York over the last century and a half. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26413Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:30:30 -0800PrinceValium